All About Bast
Copyright © 1997-2003, S.D. Cass

(Please note: even though per-Bast.org is under new ownership, the following essay is still copyright © S.D. Cass. The essay will not be changed, as it has been found useful by many, many people over the years that it has been available.)

It all started in August of 1997, when I created my first webpage. It was about Bast.

There just seemed to be too much bad information on Her out there. I wanted to make a dent in that and present the information I had culled in a format that was appealing and easily accessible. So here it is. Enjoy!

table of contents
Introduction and Sources
Kemetic Religion (A Note)
Pronunciation of "Bast" and "Netjer"
Bast
    First Appearances
    Depictions
    Permutations and Bastet Explained
    Cult Centers in Ancient Egypt
    Roles and Hieroglyphs
    Sekhmet and the Happy Fluffy Sex Goddess
    Sex and Artemis (Hellenized Bast)
    Observations and Pharaohs
    Modern Myths
       the sex goddess
       the pleasure goddess
       Bast and Sekhmet as Creator Gods
       extant rituals and litanies of Bast
       the goddess of the sunrise
       the goddess of cats
       domestic cats and Bast
       Khonsu and Bast
       the moon goddess
       Isis and Bast
       Sekhmet and Bast
 Other Feline Gods in Kemet
 About the So-Called Goddess Pasht
 Footnotes